Reminiscent of recent tourist-based urban gondola systems that seem to be popping up everywhere lately (such as Portugal’s new Teléferico de Gaia), the new Ordu Teleferik in Turkey opened just weeks ago and is decidedly urban – at least for the first half of its length.

Good, you are spending now more time at the forum:
http://gondolaproject.com/forum/topic.php?id=31
But as I described at "A Massive Learning Opportunity"
http://gondolaproject.com/2011/07/06/a-massive-learning-opportunity/
>>"There are many ropeways on the area of a city or town, built for tourists [ Grenoble (France), Cologne (Germany), Bregenz (Austria), Zagreb (Kroatia), Funchal (Portugal), Santorini ( Greece), Haifa (Israel)... ], but therefore are they “URBAN” ropeways?
I believe, it is better to identify or give the role “urban ropeways” only to lines for public mass transportation, for commuters, students, shoppers and leisure behaviour, less than for tourists. Related to the user, not only to the area.
I am not be fully convinced, if a ropeway to an Asian Temple, Zoo or island with an amusement and fun park is an “urban ropeway” too.
It is just not simply."<<
Is a hiking trail starting at a city therefore an "urban hiking trail" ?